EAST LYME — An investigation into sexual misconduct at the state's only prison for female inmates has led to the arrest of a male correction officer, state police said Friday. Jeff Bromley, 46, was charged Thursday with second-degree sexual assault, police said. He turned himself in at the Troop E barracks in Montville and posted $15,000 bail. He is scheduled to appear in Superior Court in New London on Feb. 19. Bromley has been placed on administrative leave with pay, said Andrius Banevicius, a spokesman for the state's prison system. The alleged sexual misconduct happened at the York Correctional Institution in the Niantic section of town. A news release from the state...

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